Filing appliance.



H. cr. HICKS. FILING APPLIANGB. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1909. RENBWBD AUG.'26, 1910.

1.0865769.; Patented Feb. 10, Y1914.-

SHEETS-SHEET 1'.

wi immane HL J. HICK. FILING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION PIILBD JUNE 7, 1909. RENBWED A111126, 1910.

1,086,769., Patented Feb. 10, 19111.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,'

entran srarns HRBY J. HIGH, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

ASSIVGNOR TO THE McCASKEY'R-EGISTER company, or Ansinnen, omo. A conformaron Oromo.-

FILING APPLIANCE- Losa-vea.

pplcation filed June 7, 1909. Serial No. 500.593. Renewed August 26, 191,0. Serial N o.'5i79,1457.

To all 'whom it may conc-ern j Beit knownthat l, Hanny J. Hioii, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and Sta-te of Ohio, have invented certain new and use'- ful improvements in Filing Appliances, of

which the following is a speciication,.reter ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

.This inventionrelates to a adapted to receive and hold in classified-arrangement slips of paper or record slips.

For the purpose of illustration, l have, in the accompanying drawings, shown and herein described one form of tiling appliance embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a casing or desk embodyingmy invention, one of the drawersl or slides of the desk being open. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ot a portion of the desk showing the slip or bill holding leaves in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 withthe slip or bill holding leaves removed. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing somelot the leaves in .vertical position. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4. Fig. G is a fragmentary plan view ot' the movable member and the bill holding leaves mounted thereon. Fig. T is a tragmentary view ofthe appliance illustratingl detailsof construction. l

ln the drawings, 1 indicates a casing or support, which preferably comprises a desk having a drawer or slide 3. The desk may be of any general or preferred construction.

2 indicates as a whole a series of slip or bill holding leaves preferably supported in or upon the desk l in convenient position to be operated by the-person` using or' sitting at the said desk. Preferably, the leaves 2 `are shown as applied to or mounted in the drawer or slide 3 which is to one side of the desk, particularly when it is of the flat top type. as such application permits the filing appliance to be inclosed and locked up Within the desk. or the drawer 3 opened and the.

appliance operated without ai'ecting or obstructing the use of `the desk top. The leaves 2 'of the filing device are each of the same size and are preferably arranged to rest horizontally in the drawer 3 when in norm al position. Each of the leaves 2 isprovidedon one or bot-h faces with suitable clipslor record-carrying 'devices 4, each of .which tiling appliance' may represent aclassified heading count.

each clip 4. v

LP 'indicates an index sheet` or key which may be carried bythe'front face of the first or front end leaf. of the series, which leaf is designated 2a` in the drawings.'

lc indlcates a base or plate interposed beerate the leaves for the purpose of inserting or removing a record slip to and from a clip '-t, they are swung from a horizontal to a vertical position, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5,

or back for the first or front end leaf 2a and away from which' those leaves remaining in normal position move as the said end lent and succeeding leaves are .operated.

5 indicate devices which permit the leaves to swing from the horizontal to thev vertical remaining in the normal 'position outprise hinging or pivotal connect-ions 5, 5".,

edges of each two adjoining leaves, `and a oa, 5b. The connections 5a, 5b, carried by each leaf 2 are arranged to oneslde of a longitudinal line passing through the center understood that when one or more leaves 2 are operated tothe vertical position the connection -o the last operated leaf With the next adjacent leaf will be in front of the longitudinal central line of that leafl and thus maintain it in vertical position.

6, 6, indicate vertical guides carried by or formed on the abutment 3".' j 1 7 7, indicate slides, one for each of the guides, carried by the leaf 2'* of the series of leaves l2and arranged to coperate each l with one of the guides 6, it being understood 4? indicatel index devices one carried by tween the series .of leaves and the adjacent placed within the draweror slide 3. v To opposition and operate to move those leaves4 wardly. These devices preferably com- Specication of Letters Patent. I Patented-Febb. 10, 1914.. A

the drawer side 3b operating as an abutment carried,l respectively, by the inner vor lower pivot pin 5c between the said connectionsA i of the leaf. By this construction it will be *that in the type 'of leaves 2 and coniiectorsI 5 herein described, a leaf or 'leaves 2" of the 'ser-ies lwhich is .or are in vertical position move, downwardlylor in a. direction at substantially right angles to the direction of movement of thoseleaves in normal. posi tion, as the succeeding-leaves are swung up-4 wardly one by one.

8 -indicate guiding ldevices preferably comprising grooves 8a formed in the bottom 3 of the drawer?) and slide strips 8b carried .by Ithe .base 4C, adapted to permit the easy sliding movement ofl the leaves, which remain in horizontal position, outwardly when one or more ofthe leaves 2 are` operated. 'In addition to their function as guides for 'the leaves 2,;the groovesa and strips 8b maintain the base 4 inl proper'position in the drawer 3 i and thus lieep the slides 7, 7, alined with the guides G, 6, andalsoprevent any movement of the leaves 1n a `direction at jan angle to their normal sliding' movementsior longitudinallyof the drawer 8 when the latter is .'.opened and closed. -Anti-friction devices may be provided between the grooves. 8 and strips 8", if desired.

9 indicates afyieldable connection between.

the leaves 2 and the support and operates to leaves in superposed relation. The yieldable ,connection 9 vpreferably comprises a coiled 35.

normally return andhold the leaves in normal positioin'that is, with the pivotal edges of the leaves 'closely adjacent to erin en- ,gfagement with the abutment 3b and withthe spring connected at one end, as at 9a, to the drawer 3, land at its opposite end to 'the underface ofthe base Llc. As the spring 9 is put under tension by the operation of each leaf from a horizontaler prone position to avert-ical or upright position, it will be 'seen ,that it will operate to move the leaves Q back into their normal superposed relation within the drawer, when any ofthe elevated leavesare swung back to horizontal position. The slides 7 preferably comprise flat bearing membersarranged to one side of the pivots about which the uppermostleaf swings and engage with the adjacent guides 6 in either position of the said' leaf. By this construe ytends to maintain the vuppermost leaf in either a horizontalor upright position. The desk l 'may be provided with additional 4drawers carrying filing leaves 2. similarly c :onstructed -"and"mounted` therein, as the Loeagce drawer 3 and leaves 2 .described herein, if desired. ln fact, many-alterations .in cmi- -structi'on and 'widelyv diering embodiments and applications `of my invention will suggest their relves to vthose who becomev skilled or are now skilled in the art of making tiling appliances of the vclass described, without denparting from the spirit and scope thereof as my disclosures and description herein are' purely illustrative.

tion of filing device, embodying a-.pluralit-y -of swingablele'aves vprovided'with suitable' slip or paper holding devices on either one or both faces,and adapt-able for use in a lla-t top desk of ordinary construction. ln many 4in- .stances of usage the flat top desk has an advantage over .any other style of desk.

Furthermore, it mav be produced more cheaply than the rollu top desk of the-same Idrawer capacity. l have sought to combinel with a desk of the fiat top typev a yleaf type of filing appliance, in such a manner that the.r standard constructlon of such desk need not' be changed. The manner in whichthis has been accomplished by me is ay simple-inox# pensive and emcient one, and l. believe myself y to have been the first to have invented the l vhave endeavored to devise a 'constriic- Sie;

ill)- combination or eoi'nbina'tions vof elements essentially' characteristic to the. producing' of va readily operable device ofthe classhercin l. The combination. I4with' a drawer or' slide, of a tiling appliance ymounted thereon and comprising a series of leaves, meansl connecting theleaves together and permit-4 ting them to be. swung' on the drawer from al normally horizontal to-a vertical position and vicey versa, and means for supporting the leafves in vertical. position on the drawer -or slide.

2. The combination with a. drawer or slide, of a filing appliance mounted thereon and comprising a series ofleaves, means connecting the leaves together and permit.- ting them. to be swung on the drawer from -a normally horizontal to a vertical position,

and vice versa, .and `means for. supporting the leaves in vertical'position on the drawer or slide and guidingtheir 'vertical move ments.

3. The combination with a drawer or slide, of a. tiling appliance mounted in said ldrawer and comprising a series of pivotlally mounted leaves arranged to swingr from a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa, and means for yieldably connacting;v the leaves to the drawer.

. Il. The combination with a drawer or Slide, of a tiling appliance mounted on said drawer and comprising a series of pivotally mounted leaves arranged to swing' fromv a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa, means for yieldably connecting the iin weaves yleaves to the drawer, and guidingl devices 'iorthevr leaves. i

5. The 'combination with a drawer or slide, of a filing appliance mounted in said leaves to the drawer, and means for guid.

drawer and comprising a. series of pivotally mounted leaves arranged to swing from a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa, means for yieldably connecting the ing the leaves when one or. more of them are operated and operatingl to prevent longitudinal movement of the filing appliance relatively to the drawer.

.6. The combination of a drawer a tiling appliance comprising a series `ot' leaves, means for connecting the leaves together operating'when" one or more of the leaves are swung into vertical position to move the remaining leaves outwardly, andmeans for yieldabllv connecting the leaves to the drawer and operating to return the leaves to normal position when one or more of the leaves 'are swung .back intov horizon-4 tal position.

7..'.l`hel combination of a drawer or slide, a filing appliance comprising a series of leaves, means for connecting the leaves toget-hei'noperating when one or more of the vleaves are sw-un'g into vertical position to move the remaining leavesoutwardly, means for' yieldably connecting the leaves tothe drawer and operating to return the leaves to normal position whenv one or more of the leaves are swung back into horizontal.

position, and coperating guiding devices between the leaves and the drawer.

8. The combination of a slide or drawer,

a series'A of horizontally arranged, superposed leaves mounted in the drawer, means for swingably `mounting the leaves relatively to each other, and a yieldable connesting means. between the leaves and the drawer, arranged to be put under .tension when one or more of the leaves are operated.

9. The combination4 of aslide ordrawer, a series of horizontally arranged, super,

i posed leaves mounted in thejdrawer, means for vswingably mounting the leaves relatively to each other, a yieldable connecting means between the leaves andthe drawer, arranged to be put under tension when one ory `more ofthe -leaves are operated, and

5.5 formed with a side piece, oa series of horirontally arranged superposed leaves mount-y guide devices` between the lowermost -leaff of the series and the bottom of the slide.

10. yThe combination of'a slide or drawer,

ed in the drawer,, means for s'wingably mounting the-leaves relatively to each other, -a yieldable connecting means between the leaves and the drawer, arranged to be put under tension when one or more of ,the leaves areoperated, guide devices between the lowermost leaf of the .series and the bottom of the slide, a guide carried by the.

or slide,

side piece ofthe said slide, rand a slide member carried' byy the -upperiost' leaf 'ofVI 4the seriesfcop'erating with the said guide.

11. The combination of a casing or support, a plate or base slidingly mounted on the casing 'or support, a series of leaves carried by the plate or base and having pivotal connections between them Apermitting them to swing'Y from one position to another, and means or yieldingly connecting the plate or Abase to the said casing or support.

12. The combination of a casing or sup-` port, a plate or base slidingly mounted on `the casing or support, a series of leaves cai-,

ried by the plate or base and'having pivotal connections between'theln permitting them 'to swing from one Aposition to'Vv another,

means for yieldingly connecting Athe plate or base to the-said casing or support,`and guide devices between the base and the cas ing or support. Y

In a filing appliance, the `combination for the leaves permitting b oth end leaves of the series to move in directions substantially at right angles to each other as anyof the leaves-between vthem are swung about theirv respect-ive pivotal connections.

l5. In a'v filing appliance, the combines tion of a series of leaves' having pivotal connections ,between them, supporting means for the leaves permitting both end leaves nio of the seriesto move in directions substant-ially at ixedangles to each other as any ofthe leaves betweenthem are swung about their respective pivotal connections, and means tending to return the leaves to initial position. f

16. I nta tiling appliance, the combination ofa series of ,leaves having pivotal con'nec I.tions between them, supporting means for the leaves permitting both end leaves of the series to ymove in directions substantially at fixed angles to-each other as any of the leaves between themare swung about their respective pivotal connections.A means tending to return the leaves to initial position,

and meanscoperating with the leaf-return means. tending to maintain the end leaf that is operated in either its operated or initial position. g

17. In a filing appliance. the combination of a series of leaves having pivotal connections vbetween themrsupporting means for the leaves permitting bothend ,leaves of the series to move in directions substantially at fixed angles tofeach' ,other as' any of the kleaves between. them areswung. about their respective pivotal connections, means tend'- ingto return lthe leaves to initial position, -,;md means 'carried by the end leaf that is ,operated tending to maintain.l said leaf in Aeither its operated r initial position.

, 18. In a filing appliance, the combination o f a seriesv ofleaves having pivotal connec- `tions between them, supporting Imeans for,

the leaves permitting both end leaves of the y' series to move in directions substantially at fixed anglesgto each other as any of the] leavesxbetween them are swung vabout their respective pivotal connections,4 and4 guide devices for said end leaves.

19. In a filing appliance, the combinationY of a series of leaves pivotally connected to-A getherwhereby they may swing from one 'position to another and vice versa,'ineans for supporting the leaves comprising a support 'and-an abutment, one end 'leafl being" movable `rela-tive to vSaid support and the opposteend leaf being movable relative to the saidabut1iient in a direction substantially at a. fixed angle to the direction of movement. ofthe other end leaf, as any ofthey 'leaves between them are swung about their respective connecting pivots.

Q0. In a tiling appliance, the combinationof fa series of leaves having pivotal connections between them,supporting means for fthe leaves permitting both end leaves of the `series to movein directions substantially at fixed angles to each other `asany ofthe leaves between 4them .are-swung abouttheir respective pivotal connections, andy guide devices for saidend leaves oneof said guide devices operating-to prevent shifting of the leaves relative to said supporting'means. v

'21. Ina tiling appliance, the combination 'of a support. a series -of leaves slidingly,l

'mounted on the support, pivotal connecting v.devices between the leaves permitting them to be operated about their respective pivotal connecting devices from a normal position to a vposition at an angle thereto, and an abutment arranged lat an angle. to the saidy -sii'pportand arranged to slidingly support the first leaf of the series that is operated in a plane substantially parallel theretoI all of the operated leavesvmoving'i'n directions at. substantially fixed angles to thoseleaves not operated during the .movement of each operated leaf about-its respective pivot.

22. In a tiling appliancefthe combination ofas'uppor-t, a eseries of leaves yslidingly mountedonl the support, pivotal connecting devices between the-leaves permitting lthem to be operated about their `respective pivotal lconnecting i devices from ai normal 'position 1to1-a position'at an angle thereto, an ahnt- 'ment arranged lat an angle to the said support and arranged to slidin'glyQsuppoi-tthe' first leaf otv the series thatlis operated in a' .and having gearing connections whereby the f '.75

. the upright frames.

plane substantially parallel thereto, all .of

theopera'ted leaves moving in directions at` substantially fixed angles to those leaves not operatedy during the movement'of each operated leaf about its respective pivot, and

.means tending to return the leaves tonermal position. v

23. A seriesof' lfrariies jointed together frames are adapted to be rotated and collocated iti-rectangular packs at aii angle to each other, with a concomitant movement of one pack to and from the plane of the other pack. v v

. 24.v A series of frames jointed together and vhaving gearing. connections wherebyl the frames are adapted to'be rotated and 'collocated in rectangular lpacks at an anglel to each other, wit-li a concomitant| movement ofeaclli pack to and from the plane' of the other p ac v 525. A series of frames jointed together vand having gearing connections whereby the .framesfare adapted tovbe rotated and.

lcollocatedeither liprightly or pronely in rectangular packs, with a concomitant movement of one pack' to and fromV the plane of the other pack. i 26. A series of` frames jointed together and liavinggearingl connections whereby the 'frames are vadapted to be rotated and colf located either uprightly or. pronely. "in rectangular packs, ,with a. concomitant 'movement of each .pack .to and from the plane of the other pack. y'

-27. A series of frames jointed together at onev end, and having'gearing connections whereby the frames may be rotated onv their jointedr ends to vopen their free ends' apart,- and to be collocated in rectangular packs at an anglel to each other, witha concomitant pack to and from; the plane movement of one ofthe other pack.

'28.A series of 4frames jointed together ait one end,`and havin'ggearing connections -110 whereby the frames are adapted to be ro- -tatedv on their jointed ends to openl their izo,

rotation of thefran'ies to a prone position 'l collocates themA in a. rectangular pack, 4 and lvice versa, with a concomitant lmovement of the-rotated frames to' and from the plane of 30'. An apphanceincluding a series otrotatable frames which may be locatedupf-v rightlyrin a rectangularpack7 and gearing connections `joining the frames .whereby a rotation of the framesl toA a .prone position collocates them .in a rectangular pack, and viceversa. ivith a concomitant movement ol each pack to and from the plane of t-he other 31. Anapplian'ce including a series of rotatable frames 'normallylocated in a rectangular pack, and gearing connections joining the 'frames vvherebjT a rotation 'of the frames collocates 'them in. a rect-angular pack at an angle to the normal pack.- and vice versa',

with a ctmc'oniitant.movement of one framel toand fromthe .plane of the-other.

32. An appliance including a series of'ro-. tatable frames normally located 1n a rectangular pack, and gearing connections joining the 'frames Wherebvv a rotation of the frames collocates them in Ya rectangular pack at an angle to the normal pack. and vice versa. ivitha concomitant movement of each frame to and from the plane of theother. f

33. An appliance comprising :r series of, frames` pivotal connectionsbetween adjoining frames of the series,and supporting means for the frames permit-ting both end frames of the series to move in respective paths, which paths are at an angle to one another. as any ofthe frames between the end frames are swung about their respective connecting'pivots.

.34. A filing appliance comprising perpendicular guidevvavs, horizontal track-Ways, a plurality of hinged leaves provided with members to engage said guideway's and members to engage the said tracks.

35. In a tiling appliance, a body, leaves hinged 'together and adapted to be severally turned to horizontal and vert-ical positions,

Y. it in aperpendicular movement, andV means to engage the other outside leaf and permit it. to move backward when one ormore leaves are drawn dovvn.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses. i j HARRY J. HICK. '"itnesses:

F. C.,.URAX, J. D. CATHON. 

